St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-18
.THE GYPSY BARON.
Two Thousand eOpie Witness the
Opening erfOrmInce of strauss
Great Opera.-A superb PrOduc-


tion I'D anime 1se Enthusias
An audience that filled the spacious opera
house greeted the initial perform anc of the
Gypsy Baron in this city at the Grand last
evening. 1t is d mild form of criticism to sar
that the &c psy Baron has never been
eQualed in opera productions in St. Paul In
scenic nisplay. brilliant costuming aud the
melody of its wild Hungarian gypsy music it
surpasses all imagination, and is fairly en-
titled to the credit claimed for it, OF being
Strauss greatest production. The opera is
beautifully put upon the stage the three
scenes of the gypS camp, the ruined castle
and the trium phant return of the Hungarian
troops from Span being each 4 masterpiece of
stage work. The book of tue Gypsy Baron
is based upon Il charming novelette, by the
famous Hungarian author, Maurus Jokai, and
unfolds romantic picture of Hungarian
gypsy life during the last century. The
music like all of Strauss productions, has the
waltz movement and the audience is carried
along through the entire opera on wave of
ripping melody. The Conriel co mpany is
superb in every part, and its performance
last evening evoked an amount of enthusiasm
that is rarely witnessed in st. Paul theater.
Miss Laura Bellini, VINO takes the principal
part as Saffi, the gypsy GIRLS lowell young
woman with a soprano voice of the rarest ty-
ceilence and the richest tone-a rare sweet
voice full OF poetical vibrations as musical as
Apoos lutte strung with hair, and which
comes over one like the sweet south wind,
that breathes upon bank of violets." MISS
Helen Van Donhof, the gypsy mother, has an
excellent contralto voice, and is an actress of
rare dramatic ability. Harry DeLorm in the
title role scored popular success, both by
his singing a nj his robust, manly pres
ence. Miss U'Neill gave charming
impersonation of the character Of Ar
sena. the coquettish beauty, while Miss
ReIfferth gave an amusing Interpretation of
the funny sold woman Mirobelle. The
aI,.. Sc
mour of the play, the pig dealer, was pre-
sented by jacques KRUGER, who ranks among
tue first comedians of the stage. Fred Urban
did good work in the character of the recruit
ing officer, as did Gus Hall and Slguor Tarlier
in the respective parts of Count Carnero and
Ottocar. Great credit is due to the chorus,
which is strong both in numbers and per-
formances. The elaborate drill and the
march at the close is decided Y the finest
thing of the kind ever seen here. The same
performance tonight.
Sale of seats for Rose Coghlan opens this
morning. The repertoire has been changed
as follows: Thursday night. ''London Assur-
ance;' Friday. "School for Scandal Satur-
day matinee, LAS You Like 1t -
The 'Gypsy Baron" company was snow
bound yesterday and did not reach St. Paul
until O'Clock last evening. Owing to the
amount Of heavy scenery that had to be
placed the performance was half an hour late
beg ming. Tonight it will open promptly
at o'clock.
AT THE OLYMPIC.
Frank Hewltt's Musical Demon company
and Congress of Female Beauties made their
nrst appearance at the Olympic last night
The performance opens with swinging first
part in which the entire company of artists
is presented. The CAROLS, in a character
sketch entitled "a Tramps Heart" made a
big hit and Dick and Hattie Stewart, in q
novel glove contest, were well received. Frank
Hewitt did some fine solo work on the violin,
tiute, piccolo and number of other musical
instruments. 1.-The Rival Tradesmen,'' a
iaughable farce by Lew Carroll concludes the
entertainment. which will run the entire
week
B. S. Hodges, advance of the Night Owls
Burlesque company, which holds the boards at
the Olympic next week, is in the city.
A feature among the amuSements of the
week will be the grand concert by the Elgin
band under the aus oices of the Knights of
the Grip, Wednesday evening. The band has
been brought to ST. Paul by the knights at a
neavy expense, and proper recIprocation of
the addition it will prove 10 the carnival
would be a rousing audience at the concert.
The band has been heard in the Northwest
before and has few equals in the country.